Remember that old word illusion? What is wrong with this sentence: Paris in the the Springtime Because people are familiar with the phrase, they tend to not notice the second “the.” I always liked things like that – or those paragraphs that are written, missing most of the letters, or with jumbled

I’m going to confess up front – I dialed it in a bit with this post. When I got this wine and navy striped cardigan from Gwynnie Bee I knew I wanted to wear it with my blue and white striped oxford shirt that’s been in the “sell” pile for ages (you

Sheesh, I felt like we were in the 150s forever! This was a lean week as far as having anything to show for it. I worked, blogged, ebayed…went to birthday dinner one night with friends, did a photo shoot. Period. I’m still looking for the missing pieces for my Ikea bookcases  -haven’t

I love looking at beautiful clothes as much as the next person. I love to look at bloggers like Blair Eadie of Atlantic-Pacific in their extravagant outfits…and sometimes I dream of a life in which I actually dressed in beautiful clothes as a matter of course. And certainly, as a style blog,

And by “spring,” I mean spring wardrobe, spring outfits. To many, it’s bright colors and pastels. To others, it’s baring more skin. To me, it’s about quieter, softer colors. Fall is for the warm, highly-saturated tones like chestnut, rust, wine, pumpkin. Spring is softer – silvery sage green, robin’s egg blue, cream.

Here is a funny phenomenon. I write a blog post on a topic that just came to me, seemingly out of nowhere. And then within the next week or so I might see one, three, or more bloggers write on The Very Same Topic! I certainly don’t think that *I* am a

Usually around this time of year I’m going through my closet with a fine-toothed comb, deciding what stays and what goes…and what additional specific items are needed to round out my wardrobe. I’m going to do things a little differently this year as: the specific list thing never works that well for